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Mo. couple charged with putting kids in dryer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
04/15/2008
CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A Camden County couple was charged with child abuse for allegedly putting two children in a clothes dryer.
The Camden County Sheriff's Department accused Nicole Eberhart, 29, and her boyfriend, Stephen Ray Jr., 26, of placing Eberhart's two children -- 8 and 10 years old -- into the dryer.
The pair are each charged with two counts of felony child abuse, the sheriff's department said.
Ray is also accused of hitting the children. He was charged with violating his probation and is being held without bond. He has a first court date on the child abuse charges on Thursday.
Eberhart is being held on a $100,000 bond and is set to appear in court on April 24.
No word on where the two children have been placed.
Mo. couple charged with putting kids in dryer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
04/15/2008
CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A Camden County couple was charged with child abuse for allegedly putting two children in a clothes dryer.
The Camden County Sheriff's Department accused Nicole Eberhart, 29, and her boyfriend, Stephen Ray Jr., 26, of placing Eberhart's two children -- 8 and 10 years old -- into the dryer.
The pair are each charged with two counts of felony child abuse, the sheriff's department said.
Ray is also accused of hitting the children. He was charged with violating his probation and is being held without bond. He has a first court date on the child abuse charges on Thursday.
Eberhart is being held on a $100,000 bond and is set to appear in court on April 24.
No word on where the two children have been placed.
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